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Re: Winch

Last year my team fasioned a winch out of 2 window motors attached together. We put those little black plastic fittings on the motor shafts and used a 4 in. section of aluminum pipe fitted over them to attach the two motor shafts together. It was basically a simple spool, but capable of lifting our robot easily. I'm guessing your making a telescoping arm?
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